2nd Circuit Rules Against Louis C.K. In Dispute Over Plan Contributions

Mealey's (March 24, 2017, 1:23 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Comedian Louis C.K.’s company is subject to the “controlling-employee” provisions in three employee benefit plan agreements and therefore must make plan contributions at the 40-hour workweek rate, even though C.K. worked fewer hours as editor of his TV show, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 21 (Pig Newton, Inc. v. Boards of Directors of Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan, Motion Picture Industry Individual Account Plan, Motion Picture Industry Health Plan, No. 15-1029, 2nd Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4974)....